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Canadian via England. Liverpool/TFC/Forge/Leafs/Raptors. Undergoing a midlife reinvention. Easily amused. Be kind to each other!

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I came back to @nintendousa.bsky.social after the Switch, and after seeing the high prices for Switch 2, game keys, console bricking and an uninteresting Direct last week, I think I’m out again. Maybe next gen I’ll be back, but there’s no optimism there.

15.09.2025 17:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a red leather jacket is standing in front of a crowd of people . ALT: a man in a red leather jacket is standing in front of a crowd of people .

I grew up believing that after a fight was diffused you would immediately start dancing together.

01.07.2025 02:15 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Last chance to make a donation to help COAST continue its lifesaving work for mental health AND get a chance to win the very last Rejected Central mug! Details: www.rejectedcentral.com #mentalhealth @daveparkie.bsky.social

12.06.2025 14:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

03.06.2025 12:35 👍 19933 🔁 14839 💬 362 📌 712

This was fun. I'm sorry Brent and Dave are hanging up their mics (?) but I'm honoured to have been their final guest.

26.05.2025 18:59 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

It was so great to have you on our podcast! Thank you!

27.05.2025 15:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Fiction and baseball scribe Andrew Forbes (@utilityofboredom.bsky.social) joins @daveparkie.bsky.social and I on the VERY LAST Rejected Central (@rejectedcentral.com) to talk baseball and life and all the good things. Available wherever you pod: rejectedcentral.com #rejection #baseball #canlit

26.05.2025 18:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

In the final episode of @rejectedcentral.com @brentvans.com and I speak to the wonderful author Andrew Forbes about rejection and how his passion for baseball in childhood manifested itself into writing a book! Find us now throughout eternity wherever you podcast!

27.05.2025 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey everyone! Our second to last episode of @rejectedcentral.com is live now with actress and standup comedian Nicole Zylstra. It was a lively discussion with @brentvans.com about the many rejections Nicole has experienced in her career. Find us now, wherever you podcast.

20.05.2025 14:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@daveparkie.bsky.social and I are shelving our podcast @rejectedcentral.com. We've had so much fun and have spoken to the best people, but life balance demands we reassess what's most important. Thanks for your support, everyone! #rejection #reject But there's more, so check out rejectedcentral.com!

16.05.2025 14:20 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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13.05.2025 11:41 👍 17258 🔁 3299 💬 314 📌 131

That’s a special kind of cruel.

13.05.2025 21:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sorry for your loss, John.

09.05.2025 18:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EPISODES | Rejected Central Rejected Central is a podcast that seeks to elevate the rejection experience with interviews, lively conversation, and an all-round rejection of the idea that rejection is always a bad thing.

You should be our guest on the @rejectedcentral.com podcast to talk about it. www.rejectedcentral.com @brentvans.com

07.05.2025 02:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Chinese-Canadian writer Su Chang joins us to talk about writing the book she thinks her father should have written. (And also, FTR, her new novel THE IMMORTAL WOMAN might just have the year's best cover.) @rejectedcentral.com Details: www.rejectedcentral.com #rejection @houseofanansi.bsky.social

05.05.2025 19:16 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Episode 62 of @rejectedcentral.com is out now and @brentvans.com and I spoke with Chinese-Canadian writer Su Chang. Su has written the novel The Immortal Woman which was inspired by her father’s stories of Chinese history growing up at the dinner table. Available now, wherever you podcast!

05.05.2025 23:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Coming Monday: @daveparkie.bsky.social and I chat on @rejectedcentral.com with author Su Chang and are reminded that amidst all the talk of tariffs and security, there are still very real human considerations for Chinese emigrants who maintain close ties with loved ones still in #China. #rejection

03.05.2025 12:28 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The latest episode of @rejectedcentral.com is live with guest Elizabeth Mateer. @brentvans.com and I spoke about her rejected dance auditions, transitioning into becoming an author and then studying neuropsychology at @harvard.edu. Listen now wherever you pod. www.rejectedcentral.com

02.05.2025 01:01 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Listening now.

26.04.2025 01:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EPISODES | Rejected Central Rejected Central is a podcast that seeks to elevate the rejection experience with interviews, lively conversation, and an all-round rejection of the idea that rejection is always a bad thing.

Episode 60 of @rejectedcentral.com is live and @brentvans.com and I talk about Pope Francis’ death. We talk about his death, his unfinished work (but praise his progressiveness) and how we wish the new Pope answers for some horrors of its past. Listen now where you podcast. www.rejectedcentral.com

24.04.2025 20:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking past the shiny tributes, flowery words, Vatican propaganda, and wasn't-he-fabulous refrains, @rejectedcentral.com pauses to suggest that the work isn't nearly finished, and there is still much Church harm and corruption to atone for. www.rejectedcentral.com @daveparkie.bsky.social

22.04.2025 14:24 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Episode 59 of @rejectedcentral.com is live now with author Aamir Hussain @aamiranauthor.bsky.social. Aamir discussed with @brentvans.com and I about matriarchal societies in Islam and his passion for electoral reform (and its slow progression). Listen now wherever you pod. www.rejectedcentral.com

24.04.2025 20:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Listen to @brentvans.com and I speak to @philipshenon.bsky.social now on @rejectedcentral.com now on all your favourite podcatchers. @randomhouse.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social

15.04.2025 23:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On @rejectedcentral.com this week @brentvans.com and I spoke to bestselling author and journalist @philipshenon.bsky.social about his new book Jesus Wept, an investigation about “the soul of the church.” Also, he talked about being a journalist in Washington during this crazy time. Available now.

15.04.2025 23:25 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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On @rejectedcentral.com this week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social rejectedcentral.com

09.04.2025 00:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social
rejectedcentral.com

09.04.2025 00:46 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

26.03.2025 15:00 👍 45828 🔁 10095 💬 350 📌 519
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If I had to see it, so do you.

26.03.2025 02:10 👍 30 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 10
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Hey everyone, @rejectedcentral.com interviewed the fabulous Jen Watt about creating safety, questioning religion, creativity, and how her parents shaped her parenting style. Please find us on all your podcatchers. @brentvans.com www.rejectedcentral.com

26.03.2025 13:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0